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Adding Pop-Up Blocker Exceptions via GPO: Date - Dec 22, 2005; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; Occasionally there are sites that we as domain administrators need to allow pop-ups for across the board. This tip shows how to do this with Group Policy.
Gaps in Security Log: Date - Jul 14, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; You found a gap of several hours in your Security log, what does it mean?
Get the Latest ADM Files: Date - Jul 12, 2005; Rating - 2.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to obtain the latest Administrative Template files from Microsoft.
XP SP2 Breaks Group Policy: Date - Jun 09, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Resolving an issue with adm files in XP SP2.

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Disable Enumeration of SID's: Date - Mar 08, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; One way for an attacker to scope out a target system and, particularly, to identify the Administrator account so they can focus their efforts on the account with the most privileges is to list, or enumerate, the SID's (serial identifiers) on a Windows machine.
Remove Administrative Shares: Date - Jan 20, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Windows creates hidden Administrative Shares at the root of each drive and to the system root folder to allow administrators to remotely access the data. If a server or workstation will not be administered remotely or has no need for the Administrative Shares though, they should be removed so that they don't provide a potential attack vector for a hacker or malware to enter the system.
Enable Security Event Logging: Date - Dec 16, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Installing an alarm system on your home or car can be an effective way of at least being alerted when some sort of intrusion has been attempted. Of course, they don't work very well when they aren't enabled. Windows XP comes with the means to detect and log security events so that you can monitor and respond to intrusions or attempted security breaches, however it is not enabled by default.
Windows 2000 USB Permissions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security

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Setting up Windows 2000 Radius to authenticate wireless 802.1x clients: Date - May 03, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Robert Vegas; Section - Security; How to set up RADIUS on Windows 2000 so you can autheticate wireless clients.
Scanners, sniffers, network analyzers, traffic monitors, port scanners: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
Disable Windows Scripting Host ( WSH ): Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
Protect Wireless Access Using MAC Address Filters: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Wireless networks add a significant level of convenience for many users. The ability to roam at will and access the network without adding wires is quite useful. But, you need to do so securely. There are a number of basic steps you should take to protect your wireless network and filtering MAC addresses is one more way to secure it.